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Letter from Frances Fitts (US War Department) to Paul M. Hebert, Acting President LSU Medical School regarding the formation of a Medical Department unit for service in the event of a national emergency

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WAR DEPARTMENT
Office of the Surgeon General
Washington
Paul M. Hebert, Acting President
Louisiana State University
Medical School
New Orleans, La.
My dear Mr. Hebert:
June 25, 1940
The Surgeon General has directed me to acknowledge your telegram of
June 21st, 1940, and to express his appreciation of your inquiry regarding
the formation of a Medical iiDepartment unit for service in the event of a
national emergency.
As you are aware, the War Department has authorized the organization of
certain hospital units through their affiliation with civilian institutions.
The number so authorized is, when compared to the resources of the country,
relatively small, comprising only the 32 General, 17 Evacuation and 13
Surgical Hospitals required by the Protective Mobilization Plan. The
restricted number and the distribution by Corps Areas of these units has
meant that we are, at present, unable to avail ourselves of the patriotic
cooperation of numerous additional civil institutions.
The Surgeon General, therefore, desires that I inform you that at present
no official action may be taken looking forward to the affiliation of units of
this type with the Louisiana State University Medical School. Your offer,
however, is being made a matter of record for reference should authorization
be granted for the affiliation of additional units.
Very truly yours
/s/ Francis M. Fitts,
Lt. Col. , Medical Corps
Assistant.

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WAR DEPARTMENT
Office of the Surgeon General
Washington
Paul M. Hebert, Acting President
Louisiana State University
Medical School
New Orleans, La.
My dear Mr. Hebert:
June 25, 1940
The Surgeon General has directed me to acknowledge your telegram of
June 21st, 1940, and to express his appreciation of your inquiry regarding
the formation of a Medical iiDepartment unit for service in the event of a
national emergency.
As you are aware, the War Department has authorized the organization of
certain hospital units through their affiliation with civilian institutions.
The number so authorized is, when compared to the resources of the country,
relatively small, comprising only the 32 General, 17 Evacuation and 13
Surgical Hospitals required by the Protective Mobilization Plan. The
restricted number and the distribution by Corps Areas of these units has
meant that we are, at present, unable to avail ourselves of the patriotic
cooperation of numerous additional civil institutions.
The Surgeon General, therefore, desires that I inform you that at present
no official action may be taken looking forward to the affiliation of units of
this type with the Louisiana State University Medical School. Your offer,
however, is being made a matter of record for reference should authorization
be granted for the affiliation of additional units.
Very truly yours
/s/ Francis M. Fitts,
Lt. Col. , Medical Corps
Assistant.